Finding Broken Links Dr Steve Broskoske Misericordia University Anatomy of a URL What is a URL Stands for uniform resource locator Refers to the Web address of a page on the Web ID: 219909
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Anatomy of a URL:Finding Broken Links
Dr. Steve Broskoske
Misericordia UniversitySlide2
Anatomy of a URL
What is a
URL
?
Stands for
uniform resource locator
.
Refers to the
Web address
of a page on the Web.
What
language
is used to create Web pages?
HTML (hypertext mark-up language).Slide3
http
:
//
www.servername.domain.countrycode/foldername/filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://
Hypertext transfer protocol
: Tells the Web browser that you are attempting to open a Web document composed in HTML (hypertext mark-up language).Slide4
http://
www
.servername.domain.countrycode/foldername/filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://
www
Tells browser you are seeking to load information from the World Wide Web.Slide5
http://www.
servername
.domain.countrycode/foldername/filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://www
.misericordia
Server name: The name of the computer where the Web page is stored.Slide6
http://www.servername.
domain
.countrycode/foldername/filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://www.misericordia
.edu
Domain name: 3-letter codes that differentiate different types of Web pages.
.com
.net
.edu
.gov
.org
.milSlide7
http://www.servername.domain.countrycode/
foldername
/filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://
www.misericordia.edu
/users
Folder name: Folder on the server in which files are stored.Slide8
http://www.servername.domain.countrycode/foldername/
filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://
www.misericordia.edu/users
/module2.html
File name: Name of the Web page file, composed in HTMLSlide9
http://www.servername.domain.countrycode/foldername/
filename.html
Anatomy of a URL
http://www.misericordia.edu.jp/users
/
Special case: If the HTML file is given the reserved name
index.html
, you do not have to type it to view it.
index.html
If you do not type
an HTML file name,
index.html
is
opened.Slide10
How to Find a Lost Web Page
http://www.misericordia.edu/users/module9/quiz
Backspace through a URL by backspacing to the last “
/”
or “
.”
and hit
enter
.
Backspace
Remember you can click “cached” in Google if a page cannot be found.